Music Dungeon

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Welcome back … er … Bis!

Well we didn’t see this one coming: Bis are to play two gigs to celebrate 10 years since the release of New Transistor Heroes They might have only split three years ago, but we’re quite excited about this, particularly as the younger half of the …

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Club-ist: Put Your Lipstick On

Friday, Friday Fabric Live: Tonight dear old Fabbers is taken over by riotous Liverpool club Chibuku programming all three rooms. If the likes of Pendulum, London Elektricity and the Scratch Perverts isn’t enough, then prepare to join a very long queue of people, upon realising …

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Notes From The City

Much as the incarcerated writers of the Londonist Music Dungeon enjoy relaying our recommendations on music, we can never shake off the mantra murmured to us by our inner voices: ‘music writers are failed musicians’. So it’s with great pleasure that we start a column …

New Band Interview: Lucky Soul

Last Thursday, mod mecca Merc played host to Lucky Soul. It was to be a small intimate affair, to promote the launch of the band’s very first single and, considering that there’s been little hype about the band, the interest in the gig was impressive. …

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Booking Ahead Ahead

Coming to you a few days early to give you some advanced warning on a few big shows out this Friday and let you know of a few others hanging around. First up and already on sale here are the Teenage Cancer Trust shows at …

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Hello, Goodbye

Happy New Year to everyone from the Music Dungeonistas. We trust you found solace in some decent music while ‘Best ofs’ and Reality TV Rubbish polluted tweeters, woofers and sub-woofers over the break. In a bizarre collision of mainstream and alternative, we spent New Year’s …

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Interview: Shelly Poole

Back in those heady days known as the nineties lurking behind the Spice Girls and the All Saints, was a much quieter, melodic, band formed by two sisters from Barking. Discovered by Dave Stewart, Shelly & Karen Poole became Alisha’s Attic (named after their imaginary …

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New Band Interview: The Schla La Las

We love new music here in the Londonist Music Dungeon, hopefully that’s obvious. One of the big reasons we love new music is that the bands or artists we meet are just that bit more smiley. And if the band are enjoying themselves, it helps …

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Booking Ahead

It’s proper gig going weather now, so no ‘it’s a shame to waste the nice weather’ rubbish, get thee to a venue and immerse yourself in the glory of music. And then come back stinking of cigarette smoke because the girls next to you spend …

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Booking Ahead

First up, a little welcome. The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed the debut post yesterday by our new signing, Talia. Talia brings some much-needed pop nous to the Londonist Music Dungeon and will help to broaden the eclectic coverage we already give to music. …

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Alfie Love London, Londonist Loves Alfie

There’s a serious amount of lurrrve for Alfie in the Londonist Music Dungeon at the moment. A great new album is out in a couple of weeks and the trailing single Your Own Religion is out now. We don’t normally buy singles if we’re going …